On Dec 6, 2:20*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:51:24 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."

wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/economic-solution

Now this is the kind of creativity we need to solve our economic problems.

Gay marriage - just what we need to solve all our problems.

Even Obama is against gay marriage. *:)


Well, and speaking of..

A friend of mine wrote then Senator Obama

Here's the email reply from the Senator himself

.........


Friends,

I emailed Barack Obama to request he vote in favor of the new
Federal Marriage Amendment that would make marriage an institution
solely between one man and one woman. Below is hisresponse to me. Just
thought you might want to read this. I am not surprised but I am
disappointed that my Senator takes this position.

Andy



Subject: Message from Senator Barack Obama
From:
To:
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:36:15 -0400

Dear Andrew:

Thank you for contacting me regarding gay marriage. I appreciate
hearing from you.

In 2006, and again this year, amid important deliberations on
health care and the war in Iraq, several of my colleagues proposed a
'Federal Marriage Amendment,' which would have amended the U.S.
Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman
and remove the rights that states have held for over two hundred years
to define and defend marriage. I voted against the motion to proceed
to the amendment because I believe the 'Federal Marriage Amendment'
was an unwarranted and divisive attempt to write discriminatory
language into the U.S. Constitution. The motion failed, and the
amendment was effectively killed. I have enclosed a copy of my floor
statement on this issue for your review.

A fundamental principle of American life is equal rights under the
law, and all people – gay or straight – deserve the right to assist
their loved ones in times of emergency, equal health insurance and
other employment benefits currently extended to traditional married
couples, and the same property rights as anyone else. I do not support
gay marriage. Marriage has religious and social connotations, and I
consider marriage to be between a man and a woman. But I do support
civil unions and believe they should include the same legal rights as
a marriage license. Additionally, I support allowing each individual
state to define marriage on its own.

Thank you again for writing. Please do not hesitate to contact me
in the future.

Sincerely,

Barack Obama
United States Senator